Fastening device.



(No Model.)

No.'649,230. Pat'antd May 8, I900.

C. M. VON DER WEHL.

FASTENING nEvicE; (Apfilication mel Nov. 11, 1 99.

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CHRISTIAN MARQUARD VON DER WEIIL, OF OLDERUP, GERMANY.

FASTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,230, dated May 8, 1900, Application filed November 11, 1899. Serial No. 736,680. (No model;)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN MARQUARD VON DER WEHL, a subject of the King of Prussia, German Emperor, residing at Olderup, near Husum, Holstein, in the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles or Fastening Devices, (for which I have applied for patents in England, No. 19,769, dated October 2, 1899; in Austria, dated September 27, 1899; in Hungary, No. 14,804, dated September 28, 1899; in Germany, dated September 19, 1899; in France, No. 281,039, dated October 2,1899; in Belgium, No. 114,354, dated October 2, 1899; in Italy, dated October 3, 1899; in Sweden, No. 1,658, dated September 29, 1899; in Norway, No. 11,769, dated September 29, 1899; in Denmark, No. 1,030, dated September 26, 1899; in Switzerland, No. 22,216, dated September 29, 1899, and in Russia, No. 9,004, dated September 17, 1899,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new or improved buckle or fastening device, which is especially applicable for the attachment of guards, ribbons, or cords to hats and similar articles.

According to this invention a bent wire pin is employed, the ends of which are secured against being drawn out by a spring coveringplate.

The drawings show one example of the buckle or fastening on a somewhat-large scale, Figure 1 being a longitudinal section of the fastening applied to the rim of a hat; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same in its unfastened condition Fig. 3, a longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 a plan view in its fastened condition.

As shown in Fig.1, a U-shaped pin a, preferably of not too hard a material, serves the means of fastening, its ends easily penetrating the cord or ribbon which has to be attached and also the brim c of the hat or other similar article. The ends of the U -shaped pin a, pro j ectin g from the hat-brim c, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, pass through holes in a plate d, which is provided with longitudinal troughs or hollows e, which are suitably made to die away toward their outer ends and permit of the bent-over ends of the pin a being laid in them. A covering-strip g is attached to the plate (I by the stud or rivet f or otherwise at about the middle of its length, so that the said strip g may be turned in such a way that when placed as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 the pin a may be inserted or withdrawn; but when turned parallel to the plate d, Figs. 3 and 4, the bent-over ends of the pin a are covered in such a manner that they cannot of themselves get out of place. If, however, the ribbon or cord b is required to be taken off for any reason, this can be done with case after turning the strip 9 into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and lifting up the ends of the pin a, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A buckle or fastening device which consists of a perforated and grooved plate at with a covering-strip g adapted to turn thereon, and a U-shaped pin a, the whole combined and arranged, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN MARQUARD VON DER WEHL.

Witnesses:

E. H. L. MUMMENH'OFF, AUGUST LiiHRs. 

